And in other PC gaming news...

You like good games, right? And free stuff? Well, we've merged those two brilliant things into an ultro-list of gaming pleasure that won't bother your wallet for a penny. Check out our list of 20 free games you simply have to play now.

Granted, clicking the above link will mean committing hours of your life to some awesome games, if you don't have time to do that right now, swing your eyes towards the first PC screenshots for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, amuse yourself with leaked news of the new Assassin's Creed game, or watch a video of a power armoured mercenary riding a giant chicken .

If that's not enough for you, then point your bum at today's lengthy water-slide of PC gaming news, featuring Portal 2 trick jumps, a date for the start of the APB: Reloaded open beta and more.

Excellent chemistry logic puzzler SpaceChem is getting a free update that will add a level editor, leaderboards and more.

Today in the PC Gamer office I stumbled in from a week spent walking up and down big hills in Scotland. The best thing about walking up hills is the nice view you get of other hills. In the north they're all craggy, wild and awesome, and a great place to set a game. It got me thinking, though. What are the best landscapes in PC gaming?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tom stopped being a productive human being when he realised that the beige box under his desk could play Alpha Centauri. After Deus Ex and Diablo 2 he realised he was cursed to play amazing PC games forever. He started writing about them for PC Gamer about six years ago, and is now UK web ed.